But without broker support, Mr. Harrison's partnerships would not sell.

The partnership sold it to Chicago interests a few years later.

The partnership has sold $307 million in oil and gas properties.

"I think these partnerships do sell more hamburgers," he said, "as well as aid in strategic global positioning."

The partnership sold hundreds of the 3700 analyzers to Celera, and also to others worldwide.

The partnership sold both those operations in 1982.

His partnership, known as Block 42, sold the property to Cousins in January 2001.

The partnership raised money privately and sold advertisements in the guide to make up the rest of its over $400,000 budget.

But the partnerships sold the issues at a profit within 5 to 29 days.

The partnership original owned 7.1 percent of Zenith but sold some of the shares earlier this year.